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In what had to be the perfect summation of the idiotic, unrealistic world views held by most of the GOP field, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie actually said out loud that he wouldn’t deny all Muslims access to America – because this is a position that has to be confirmed in 2016 – but would instead implement measures to keep the “bad people” out of here. Doing this will, I assume, include closing three out of four lanes on a bridge somewhere.

4. Trump selects his running mate: Ted Cruz, you’re not fired.

In a moment that could have only been pulled off by someone as egotistical as The Donald, Trump explained why he raised questions about Cruz’s eligibility to be president – he was born in Canada. Trump said it was a matter of doing a bit of pre-vetting of Cruz for when Trump eventually selects him to be his VP. Naming a debate opponent your potential VP? Yeah, that's not egotistical at all.

3. Jeb Bush claims the country isn't better today than when Obama took office: Hoping to get the coma patient vote

Jeb! tried a similar rewrite of history when discussing the Iraq war and he eventually had to go back and admit the undeniable failures of his brother. He should correct himself again for attempting to convince GOP voters that they’re not better off now than when President Obama took office seven years ago. Just so we’re clear, in January 2009, the country lost 850,000 jobs, was poised on the verge of depression, had a housing market that was turning once-bustling neighborhoods into “The Walking Dead” backdrops and we were engaged in two wars. Today, none of that. You’re better off and you know it.

2. Ted Cruz didn’t report $1 million in loans: The New York Times ran a “hit piece.”

Somehow, Cruz managed to turn him failing to accurately report his financial income and loans into an outright attack by the “liberal media.” He did this by agreeing with and admitting to every single word printed by the Times, but in the process he made it seem like the newspaper was attacking him because it printed the story. "A front-page story ..." that people cared so much about it became a question in a nationally televised debate. Because it's, you know, news.

This remains the dumbest, most shameful scare tactic used by the GOP field. People are literally dying because they’ve been convinced by this bunch of fear-mongering politicians that Obama plans to confiscate firearms any day now. And so, a bunch of untrained people go running off to gun stores to buy weapons before the bans hit. Forget that there isn’t one ounce of proof that Obama wants any gun control measures past preventing bad people from owning weapons. Which seems doable, since the bad people will already be on Christie’s list so we can keep them out of the country. That’s the same Chris Christie who, on the topic of guns, called the president a child and said the American people have rejected his ideas. Rejected? I think you mean elected -- twice.